Violin-support



A. LAPPALAlNEN.

VIOLIN SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 3| 1919. 1,337,459. I PatentedApr. 20, 1920.

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A. LAPPALAINEN.

VIOLIN-SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 3| 1919.

Patnted Apr. 20

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ALFRED LAPPALAI'NEN, or venccnvnn, .enrrrsjn connatra, CANADA.

VIOLIN-SUPPORT.

To clljwwm 15 may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED LAPPALAINEN, a citizen of the country ofFinland, residing at Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia,Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inViolin-Supports, of which the following is a speciication.

This invention relates to a violin support designed to be used by aplayer to sustain the violin in the playing position against theshoulder without the customary muscular effort from the neck of theplayer through the chin'.

It is generally admitted that to hold the violin in the customary mannerby the chin against the neck and shoulder and to support it that theleft hand is free to move along the violin neck in fingering thestrings, is both fatiguing and ineffective.

In the device which is the subject of this application, the violin isremovably connected to and'supported by a light of b'ent wood or metal,which frame is hookshaped to encircle the back of the neck of theplayer, the shorter end of the hook being downwardly bent to rest at theYfront on the right collar-bone and the longer end oit the hook frame issimilarly bent .down to rest against the breast ofV the player justunder the left shoulder and therefrom is produced forward and downwardto engage the neck of the violin where it is connected to the body ofthe same.

The particular construction of the sup` port is fully set Jforth in thefollowing speciiication, reference being made to the drawings by whichit is accompanied, in which: Figures l and 2 show in vertical sectionand perspective the means for securing the retainingstuds of the supportto the violin body.

' Fig. 3 is a view of the device looking downward on the approximateplane oi the violin when in place.

Figs. 4 and 5 show the device in plan and side elevation.

Fig. 6 shows the device as constructed of light metal tube, and

Figs. 7 and 8 are a detailed end view and section to an enlarged scaleof the lower support bracket 5.

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Application filed une 3, 1919. Serial No. 301,500.

the back and sides of the base of the neck of the player. One end 3 ofthis hook is flattened and downwardly curved to rest at the front on thecollar-bone. The other end or shank of the hook is also bent downward,as at il, to rest on the breast of the player just below the leftshoulder, and therefrom is extended to the approximate length of theviolin body.

To secure the violin body to' this frame 2 a stud 10 is secured to boththe upper and lower end of the violin by iclips ll, the stems of whichclips are threaded right and lett and have a small turnbuckle l2 betweenthem, the faces of the clips 1l which contact with the wood of theviolin being provided with leather or the like to avoid in- On the lowerend of the shank 2 of the support 'frame is secured a member 7. and onthe upper end of the same, at the length of the violin bony from themember 7, is secured a similar member These mem- -bers 7 and 5 projectoutwardlyfrom the notch 6 from its upper or bent edge to re` ceive thestuds 10, which, as previously described, are removably secured to theupper and lower ends o? the violin body to project downward from it. 0nthe inner tace of one of these supports, preferably the lower one 7, asbeing more accessible by the player.l is secured a wire loop spring 9,the free end oi which projects across the notch and projects beyond theedge of the member so that it may be pressed down to permit the stud topass (see Figs. 7 and 8).

The violin is thus connected to the supporting frame 2 by the studs 10and is held in such connection by the spring` 9, so that the instrumentsustained in the playing position without the usual muscular effort onthe part of the neck of the player.

The engagement on the back of the neck and the contact 4 affords supportfor the weight of the violin and the contact at 3 over they oppositeshoulderl sustains the axial torque.

Figs. 3, 4 and 5 show the frame as made of bent wood, but it may be madeof a light metal tube, as shown in Fig. G, in which case the neckengaging portion bend has a flat strip 13 secured to its inner side, towhich strip a padding of velvet or the like may be secured. This bend ispreferably telescopically adjustable in the straight portion of thesupport and is secured therein by a milled nut 1li screwed on the splitend of the tube.

Instead of' the neck bend passing around to derive support at 3 on theright shoulder, a pad 15 is adjustably slidable in an offset projectionfrom the main tube, which pad bears against the body below the leftshoulder and receives the torque, while a similar padded support 16 istelescopically slidable in a backwardly angled offset 1T, which padcorresponds with the body contact 4 of the wooden fra-mc. The pad 16 ispivcted on the Vend of its stem that it may accommodate itself to thesurface of the body. rI`he stud receiving clip 5 of the lower end istelescopically slidable at 18 in a manner similar to the neck band.

Having now particularly described my invention, I hereby declare thatwhat I claim as new and desire to be protected in by Let# ters Patent,is:

1. A violin support comprising a light frame bent substantially in theshape of a U to pass around the neck ot the player, with the leg remotefrom the violin bent downwardly to rest against the Jfront of theplayers shoulder and breast, and means for securing the violin to theframe.

2. A violin support comprising a light frame bent substantially in theshape of a U to pass around the neck of' the player with the leg remotefrom the violin bent downwardly to rest against the front of the playersshoulder, and means for securing both ends o the violin body to theframe.

3. A violin support comprising a light frame bent substantially in theshape of a U to pass around the neck of the player, with the leg remotefrom the violin bent downwardly to rest against the front of the playersshoulder and with the leg adjacent to the violin extended to supportboth ends of the violin body, and having an extension intermediate ofthe violin supports to rest against the breast of the player below theshoulder.

4. A violin support comprising a light frame bent substantially in theshape of a U to pass around the neck of the player, with the leg remotefrom the violin bent downwardly to rest against the front of the playersshoulder and with the leg adjacent to the violin extended to supportboth ends of the violin body, and. having an extension intermediate ofthe violin supports to rest against the breast of the player below theshoulder, and means for rigidly connecting the violin body to the frame.

5. A violin support comprising a light frame bent substantially in theshape of a U to pass around the neck of the player with the leg remotefrom the violin shaped to rest against the front of the playersshoulder, the leg adjacent to the front being extended to support bothends of the violin body and having an extension intermediate of thesesupports to rest on the breast of the player beneath the shoulder, meansfor rigidly connecting the violin body to this frame, said meanscomprising studs removably connected to each end of the violin body toproject from the under side and members secured to the upper side of thesupport .frame at the length of the violin body apart, said membersbeing notched to receive the studs projecting from the body and tosupport the body on each side of each stud, and means for retaining thestud in the notch of a frame member.

In testimony whereof l adix my signature ALFRED LAPPAL AINEN.

